Patient Navigation—An Effective Strategy to Reduce Health Care Costs and Improve Health Outcomes

Electra D. Paskett; Jessica L. Krok-Schoen; Darrell M. Gray

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6107

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June 2017

Patient Navigation—An Effective Strategy to Reduce Health Care Costs and Improve Health Outcomes

Electra D. Paskett, PhD^1,2,3; Jessica L. Krok-Schoen, PhD^1,4; Darrell M. Gray II, MD, MPH^1,5

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¹Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus
²Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus
³Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus
⁴Division of Medical Dietetics and Health Sciences, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus
⁵Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus

JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(6):825-826. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6107

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Patient navigation (PN) was formally defined by Freeman in 1990 in response to high breast cancer mortality rates observed among African American women in Harlem, New York.¹ It is designed to help patients complete recommended tests, appointments, and treatments by identifying and resolving barriers to care.¹ The single-site observational data by Freeman showed the influence of PN on breast cancer mortality rates¹; however, randomized trials were needed to truly validate PN.

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